Night ThoughtsC. Whittingham, 1798 - 386 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 12
... was obliged to steal a grave , and inter her privately with his own hands . ( See Night 111. line 162 , & c . ) In this cele- brated poem he thus addresses Death : " Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? " 12 LIFE OF DR . YOUNG .
... was obliged to steal a grave , and inter her privately with his own hands . ( See Night 111. line 162 , & c . ) In this cele- brated poem he thus addresses Death : " Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? " 12 LIFE OF DR . YOUNG .
الصفحة 19
... grave , even so late as 1758 ; but none were then conferred . It has however been asserted that he had a pension of 2001. a year from government , conferred under the auspices of WALPOLE . At last , when he was full fourscore , the ...
... grave , even so late as 1758 ; but none were then conferred . It has however been asserted that he had a pension of 2001. a year from government , conferred under the auspices of WALPOLE . At last , when he was full fourscore , the ...
الصفحة 22
... grave . I wake , emerging from a sea of dreams 5 Tumultuous ; where my wreck'd desponding thought , From wave to wave of fancy'd misery , At random drove , her helm of reason lost : Though now restor'd , ' tis only change of pain ; ( A ...
... grave . I wake , emerging from a sea of dreams 5 Tumultuous ; where my wreck'd desponding thought , From wave to wave of fancy'd misery , At random drove , her helm of reason lost : Though now restor'd , ' tis only change of pain ; ( A ...
الصفحة 22
... grave ; 15 20 25 30 The grave , your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine . But what are ye ! — THOU , who didst put to flight Primæval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er ...
... grave ; 15 20 25 30 The grave , your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine . But what are ye ! — THOU , who didst put to flight Primæval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er ...
الصفحة 22
... grave ; 25 30 The grave , your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine . But what are ye ! — THOU , who didst put to flight Primæval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er the ...
... grave ; 25 30 The grave , your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine . But what are ye ! — THOU , who didst put to flight Primæval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er the ...
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æther ambition angels archangels art thou awful beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless charms Christian creation dæmons dark Death deep Deity deny'd divine Dost dread dream dust earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal Ev'n ev'ry fate flame fond fool give glorious glory gods grave grief guilt happiness heart Heav'n High Holborn hope hour human illustrious infidels life's light Line live LORENZO Man's mankind midnight mighty mind mortal NARCISSA Nature Nature's ne'er night NIGHT THOUGHTS nought numbers o'er Omnipotence pain passions peace PHILANDER Pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud Reason rise sacred scene sense shew shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sov'reign sphere stars stings strange strike sublime thee theme thine thought throne tomb triumph truth Virtue Virtue's WINCHESTER COLLEGE wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched
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الصفحة 22 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
الصفحة 28 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
الصفحة 22 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust?
الصفحة 13 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
الصفحة 22 - An heir of glory'! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
الصفحة 16 - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
الصفحة 59 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
الصفحة 22 - A worm ! a God ! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home -a, stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own. How Reason reels ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy!
الصفحة 13 - Night Thoughts" he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
الصفحة 22 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.